QUESTION: HOW DO I KNOW IF I QUALIFY FOR VA DENTAL CARE?

ANSWER: Read the different questions below to find out the dental benefits you may qualify for.

Question #1- I have a current service-connected compensable dental disability. Do I Qualify?                                                                                               

Answer: YES. You Qualify For VA Dental Care.

Question #2- I have a service-connected NON-compensable (not getting paid by the VA) dental disability from combat wounds or service trauma. Do I Qualify?                                                                                       

Answer: YES. You Qualify For VA Dental Care.

 *Please note:  You Qualify for Dental Care Needed To Make Sure You Have and Can Keep A Functioning Working Set Of Teeth. A Dental Trauma Rating (VA Form 10-564-D) or VA Regional Office Rating Decision letter (VA Form 10-7131) will tell you the tooth/teeth/condition(s) that are trauma rated.

Question #3- I have a permanent disability rating of 100%. Do I Qualify?                                                                                                                                                                                         

Answer: YES. You Qualify For VA Dental Care.

Question #4- I only have a temporary 100% rating. Do I Qualify?                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

Answer: NO. You Do Not Qualify For VA Dental Care.                                    

*Please note: If you’re being paid at the 100% disabling rate based on a temporary rating (for a reason such as a surgery or a long stay in the hospital or rehab care), you do not qualify for VA dental benefits.

Question #5- I served on active duty for 90 days during the Persian Gulf Era. Do I Qualify?                                                                                                                                                                       

Answer: YES. You Qualify For One-Time VA Dental Care.                                       

*Please note: All of these must be true for you:

• You didn’t receive a dishonorable discharge, and
• You apply for dental care within 180 days of discharge or release, and
• Your DD214 certificate of discharge doesn’t show that you had a complete dental exam and all needed dental treatment before you were discharged*

Question #6- I am a Former Prisoner of War. Do I Qualify?   Answer: YES. You Qualify For VA Dental Care.

Question #7– I am active in a 39 USC Chapter 31 Veterans Readiness Employment Program. Do I Qualify?                                                                                                                                                                            

Answer: YES. You Qualify For VA Dental Care.

*Please note: The dental care must be needed to:

• Make it possible for you to be in the employment program, or
• Make it possible for you to reach the goals of your Veteran Readiness and Employment program, or
• Prevent you from having to stop your employment program, or
• Help you get back to your employment program faster if you’ve had to stop (and are in “interrupted” or “leave” status), or
• Help you get back to your employment program faster if you’ve had to stop (and are in “discontinued” status) because of an illness, injury, or dental condition, or
• Make it possible for you to get and adjust to a job during the period of employment assistance, or
• Make it possible for you to be fully independent in your daily living

Question #8- I have a dental condition that is making my service-connected health condition worse. Do I Qualify?                                                                                                           –                               

Answer: YES. You Qualify For VA Dental Care.

*Please note: Dental care must be needed to treat the dental issue that a VA dental care provider finds is making the health condition you’re being treated for harder to treat.

Question #9- I’m signed up to receive dental care through the Homeless Veterans Dental Program. Do I Qualify?                                                                                                                                        

Answer: YES. You Qualify For One-Time VA Dental Care.

*Please note: The dental care must be needed to:

• Relieve your pain, or
• Help you get a job, or
• Treat your moderate, severe, or complicated and severe gingival and periodontal conditions (gum infections that can lead to pain, swelling, and bone and tooth loss if not treated)

Question #10- I currently receive inpatient care in a hospital or nursing home or domiciliary setting. Do I Qualify?                                                                                                                                       

Answer: YES. You Qualify For VA Dental Care.

*Please note: The dental care must be needed to: provide Dental services that a VA dental care provider—working with your primary care provider—concludes you need to manage a health condition a doctor is currently treating.

ADDITIONAL  DENTAL RESOURCES

• Bridging the Dental Gap

1223 S 12^th St, Ste 1
Bismarck ND 58504
701-221-0518 
dentalgap@yahoo.com 
http://bridgingthedentalgap.com/

• Family HealthCare Center Fargo
  301 NP Ave
  Fargo ND 58102
  701-271-3344
  https://www.famhealthcare.org/dental-services/
  
  Family HealthCare Center Moorhead715 N 11^th St, Ste106B
  Moorhead MN 56560
  701-271-3344
  https://www.famhealthcare.org/dental-services/
• Red River Valley Dental Access
  1900 28^th Ave South
  Moorhead MN 56560
  218-790-7790
  rrdentalaccess@gmail.com
  http://rrdentalaccess.com/
• Northland Community Health Center – Dental Clinic
  416 Kundert St
  Turtle Lake, ND  58575
  701- 448-9225
  http://www.northlandchc.org/turtle-lake-dental.html
• Northland Community Health Center – Dental Clinic
  15 2^nd Ave SW, Suite 110
  Minot, ND  58701
  701-838-3051
  http://www.northlandchc.org/minot-dental-clinic.html
• Northland Community Health Center – Dental Clinic
  401 2^nd Ave
  PO Box 430
  Rolette, ND 58366
  701-246-3391
  http://www.northlandchc.org/rolette-dental.html
• Spectra Health
  212 South 4^th Street, Ste 101 & 301
  Grand Forks, ND 58201
  701-757-2100
  info@spectrahealth.org
  http://spectrahealth.org/         
• Donated Dental Services Of North Dakota
  Regina Baltz (DDS Coordinator)
  701-729-2731
  rbaltz@DentalLifeline.org
  http://dentallifeline.org/north-dakota/
• MState in Moorhead, MN Tina (DDS Coordinator) 218-299-6560

The Dual Diagnosis Treatment Group is for Women Veterans who are in recovery from substance use who also have a co-occurring mental health diagnosis and will focus on support, coping skills, and education.

The Support Group is OPEN, meaning that you can join at anytime but requires pre-registration with the leader,

Ashley Middleton Peterson, LMSW.

The VA can assist you with technology to join the group.

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Fargo VA Local Recovery Coordinator,
at 701-239-3700 extension 3577.